FWC investigates after boat capsizes in Lake Jesup

THAT OFFICERS RESPONDED AND CAUGHT THE SUSPECT QUICKLY. ALSO DEVELOPING TONIGHT. A FISHING TRIP TURNED TRAGIC. RESCUERS BELIEVE THEY FOUND A BODY OF A MAN KILLED TODAY AFTER HIS BOAT HIT A BRIDGE IN A GATOR INFESTED LAKE. NOW THE IMPACT LEFT A GAPING HOLE IN THE BOAT. YOU CAN SEE FLOATING IN THE WATER. RESCUE CREW BELIEVE IT LEFT ONE OF THOSE MEN IN IT DEAD IN THE WATER OFF LAKE JESS. WE ARE LIVE OUT THERE LIVE HOW DID THIS HAPPEN LEWIS. Reporter: THAT'S THE BIG QUESTION. STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHETHER CAUSE CAUSE THAT HAD BOAT TO CRASH. THEY BELIEVE THE MEN PUT THE BOAT IN THE WATER RIGHT AT THIS RAMP NEAR THE 4 17. THE OWNER OF THE BOAT HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL TONIGHT. JUST AS RESCUE CREW RECOVER A BODY. RESCUE CREWS WERE FANNED OUT ON THE 4 17 BRIDGE ABOVE LAKE JESS OPEN WITH CRASHED BOAT UPSIDE DOWN JUST BELOW. DIVERS SPENT HOURS IN THE WATER AND NOW BELIEVE THEY HAVE LOCATED ONE OF THE 2 BOATERS WHO DID NOT MAKE IT BACK TO SHORE. WASN'T A GOOD SIGHT TO SEE I JUST SAY. THAT IT WASN'T. WOULDN'T WANT ANYBODY TO SITE. Reporter: HE HAD BEEN FISHING ON THE LAKE OVER AN HOUR WHEN HE AND HIS FRIEND SPOTTED ONE BOATER WHO THEY BELIEVE TO BE IN HIS 60'S SITTING TOP OF THE OVERTURNED BOAT BADLY INJURED AND SCREAMING FOR HIS BROTHER. HE WAS VERY SHOOK UP. I MEAN HE TRIED TO CALL 911 AND COULDN'T TALK TO THEM. HE COULDN'T GET THEM TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT. Reporter: SEMINOLE COUNTY FIVRTS SAY THE BOAT CRASHED INTO A CONCRETE PILE BELOW THE BRIDGE. MAY, 87-YEAR-OLD ROBERT GOT ONE BOATER IN THE BOAT AND BROUGHT HIM TO SHORE. HOURS LATER DIVERS BELIEVE THEY HAVE LOCATED HIS BROTHER'S BOD HAVE LOCATED HIS BROTHER'S BODY. MAY SAYS HE HAS NEVER SEEN SOMEONE SO DISTRAUGHT. NO. NO. IN. NOT IN MY LIFE TIME. I HOPE I DON'T EVER SEE IT AGAIN. Reporter: NOW WE ARE TOLD THAT THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED THE BODY BUT THEY ARE WAITING TO NOTIFY THE NEXT OF KIN. AS SOON AS WE GET THE NAME OF COURSE WE'LL PASS IT ALONG TO YOU. THE OWNER OF THAT BOTH IS EDWARD BROWN AND AGAIN HE HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL. MATT. OKAY. SO LEWIS YOU MENTION OTHER BOATER HAS BEEN RELEASED BUT WHAT KIND OF INJURIES DEFINITE? WELL, WITNESSES SAY HE HAD A PRETTY NASTY CUT ON HIS LEG. THEY BELIEVE HE WAS CUT BY THE FIBERGLASS ON THE BOAT BUT AGAIN HE WAS RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL AND EXPECTED TO BE OKAY.

SANFORD, Fla. -

Authorities have found a body in the search for the second missing boater in Lake Jesup on Thursday.

Deputies said two fishermen heard cries for help and rescued the first boater, who was sitting on top of the capsized boat in Lake Jesup screaming for his brother.

"It wasn't a good sight to see ill just say that," said fisherman Lonnie May, adding that he had never seen someone so distraught. "Wouldn't nobody want to see it."

May and 87-year-old Robert Finn helped the boater into their boat and brought him to shore. He has been released from the hospital after suffering a cut on his leg from the boat's fiberglass.

Hours later, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said divers found a body in Lake Jesup. FWC said they believe the body found is the missing boater, but have not made an official identification.

FWC said the boat that capsized belonged to Edward Brown, but the boaters' identities have not been released.

Local 6 news helicopter Sky 6 flew over the search scene, as Seminole County Fire Rescue's divers searched the water underneath State Road 417. A boat appeared to have crashed into the concrete piling under the SR-417 bridge, overturned and capsized.

Deputies on the bridge were directing traffic down to one lane on SR-417 as the investigation continued.

Check back for more on this developing story.

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